Genre: Realistic Fiction

{Paloma: Cynthia Lord}

{Paloma: Cynthia Lord}

{Synopsis} – There's a big surprise for the Shelter Pet Squad: A group of sato puppies has arrived! Satos are homeless dogs — of various breeds — from Puerto Rico. The kids will help them settle in until they are ready for adoption. Suzannah plays with a pup named Paloma until the little dog falls […]

Posted March 10, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Hush Little Baby: Caroline B. Cooney}

{Hush Little Baby: Caroline B. Cooney}

{Synopsis} – My ex-stepmother just handed me a baby, and she’s driving away. When Kit Innes’s estranged ex-stepmother, Dusty, unexpectedly drives up and pushes a large cloth-covered parcel into Kit’s arms, Kit doesn’t know what to expect. Especially when the bundle turns out to be a tiny, adorable baby. A tiny, adorable, mysterious baby boy. […]

Posted February 23, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Crossing Into Brooklyn: Mary Ann McGuigan}

{Crossing Into Brooklyn: Mary Ann McGuigan}

{Synopsis} – To Find Your Future, You Have to Face Your Past At sixteen, Morgan Lindstrum has the life that every other girl wants–at least from the outside. A privileged only child, she has everything she could ever want, except her parents' attention. A Princeton physicist and a high-powered executive, they barely have any time […]

Posted February 18, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Where She Went: Gayle Forman}

{Where She Went: Gayle Forman}

{Synopsis} – Its been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New […]

Posted February 11, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{If I Stay: Gayle Forman}

{If I Stay: Gayle Forman}

{Synopsis} – In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she […]

Posted February 10, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Merlin: Cynthia Lord}

{Merlin: Cynthia Lord}

{Synopsis} – In this charming illustrated chapter book series by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord, the Shelter Pet Squad kids find the perfect homes for animals in need! A pet is missing! When Suzannah arrives to volunteer at the shelter, one of the animals is missing! It's Merlin, a mischievous ferret who gets into everything, […]

Posted February 6, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Class Dismissed: Allan Woodrow}

{Class Dismissed: Allan Woodrow}

{Synopsis} – When their fifth grade teacher quits and the students of classroom 507 are the only ones who know, they assume it will be one big holiday. But they soon learn that life without a teacher isn't easy, and keeping the secret is more work than they imagined. {My thoughts} – The title is […]

Posted February 5, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Faceless: Alyssa B. Sheinmel}

{Faceless: Alyssa B. Sheinmel}

{Synopsis} – When Maisie Winters wakes up, she’s in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running through the hills of her neighborhood one misty morning. Slowly, she puts the pieces together. Before she could make it home, a storm gathered. Lightning hit a power line and sparks rained down, the hot-burning electrical fire […]

Posted January 29, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Half in Love With Death: Emily Ross}

{Half in Love With Death: Emily Ross}

{Synopsis} – It's the era of peace and love in the 1960s, but nothing is peaceful in Caroline's life. Since her beautiful older sister disappeared, fifteen-year-old Caroline might as well have disappeared too. She's invisible to her parents, who can't stop blaming each other. The police keep following up on leads even Caroline knows are […]

Posted January 15, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Lying Out Loud: Kody Keplinger}

{Lying Out Loud: Kody Keplinger}

{Synopsis} – Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend's house every night because she has nowhere else to go. Amy Rush might be the only person Sonny shares everything with – […]

Posted December 30, 2015 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments